hired

See also: híred

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪəd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪɚd/
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Verb

hired

simple past tense and past participle of hire

Anagrams

hider, rehid, rheid

Middle English

Noun

hired

Alternative form of hird (“household”)

Alternative forms

hirid, hyrede, hyrid, hyryd

Verb

hired

inflection of hiren (“to hire”):
1. first/third-person singular past indicative
2. past participle

Old English

Alternative forms

hēored, hīered, hīorad, hīræd, hīrd, hȳred

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“family, marriage”). Cognate with Old High German hīrāt (“marriage”) (German Heirat), Old English hīwen (“household”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxiː.red/, [ˈhiː.red]

Noun

hīred m

Declension

Declension of hired (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hīred	hīredas
accusative	hīred	hīredas
genitive	hīredes	hīreda
dative	hīrede	hīredum

Descendants

Middle English: hird, herd, herde, hert, hired, hyrd, hyrt; hirð, hireden, hirt
→ Old Norse: hirð
- Icelandic: hirð
- Faroese: hirð
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hird, hyrd
  - → English: hird
- Old Swedish: hirþ
  - Swedish: hird
- Danish: hird
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hird
    - → English: hird

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